what made it different? slavery lol

It was the first battle so it was decisive

Fort Sumter assault was the final straw that started the war

@@petermonte2180 no, Southern succession started the war

Again, another comment devoid of any contextual nuance...Lee invaded Pennsylvania, for example, to draw union forces north after him away from the Rappahannock River and by bringing war to Northern soil in the hopes of eventually achieving a political victory, thus securing recognition and DEFENDING sovereignty for the CSA. Don't conflate the tactical and strategic objectives as always being synonymous.

@@brandonf24 It was still an invasion, regardless of Lee's motives for carrying it out. There was nothing defensive about it.

@@TheStapleGunKid You are right , battle of Glorieta Pass was the end of an expedition to invade California for the Confederacy!

Jefferson Davis gave green lamp for Sibley to reach California through the UNIONIST New Mexico for gold! He lost at battle of Glorieta Pass New Mexico. Vermont got Confederat attact in 1864 and Kansas too in 1864. Battle of Mine Creek Kansas was the one of the biggest cavalry battle in the Civil War in 1864.

Yes. Yet the Union's intentions were obvious beforehand.

yes he was what people call a white supremacist and wanted Africans repatriated to Monrovia or Liberia. He did not free slaves to make them the social or political equals of whites.

the fact that Lincoln was going to restrict slavery in the territories, supported high tariffs such as a the Morrill tariff and supporting the federal government building roads and railroads instead of state governments being in control. Using state revenue from southern states to pay for northern infrastructure. To name a few examples of states rights. but don't take my word for it. Alexander Stephens “Allow me briefly to allude to some of these improvements. The question of building up class interests, or fostering one branch of industry to the prejudice of another under the exercise of the revenue power, which gave us so much trouble under the old constitution, is put at rest forever under the new. We allow the imposition of no duty with a view of giving advantage to one class of persons, in any trade or business, over those of another. All, under our system, stand upon the same broad principles of perfect equality. Honest labor and enterprise are left free and unrestricted in whatever pursuit they may be engaged. This old thorn of the tariff, which was the cause of so much irritation in the old body politic, is removed forever from the new.”

@@colinnash2451 1.The Morrill tariff was voted after 7 states left the Union. 2. The railroads were not built from state's money! The railroads were built by Co Limiteds! Vanderbilts, Durant and others managed this companies. Sherman the leader of the Army helped to built the intercontinental railroad! 3. The tariff helped the USA industry, that to use American steel, American steel machins, instead of British, Belgian, French, Prussian steels, steam engines! 4. The Civil War showed soon the Southern Cotton was substituted Egypt, Indian and other country COTTON. The sugar beet industry increased in Europe so the Brasil also changed from sugarcane to COTTON. Corn King was the winner, because the Northern corn was transport to such country where instead of corn they could product COTTON.

@@colinnash2451 Funny a Virginian family McCormings in Chicago started an agricultural factory which produced such machine as the harvester. This machine helped the farmers to avoid the slaves for their farms! The sugar beet industry helped the abolution too!

You don’t know that for sure